Serbia’s triple champion Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a 13th Grand Slam crown as the 12th seed, still looking for his best form after an injury lay-off, defeated Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.

In the women’s draw, top seed Simona Halep knocked out China’s Zheng Saisai.

The Romanian, the newly crowned French Open champion, recovered from being 5-3 down in the first set by winning 10 games in a row, taking the match 7-5, 6-0.

There was disappointment for the home crowd as Britain’s number one Johanna Konta, a semi-finalist last year, was ousted 6-3, 6-4 by Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulková.

Former runner-up Eugenie Bouchard of Canada lost to Australia’s Ash Barty, 6-4, 7-5.

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